This study used Bayesian spatial methods to assess the distribution of surgically managed CE cases in an endemic region of north-eastern Iran.
Besag, York and Mollie (BYM) spatial model was used to produce standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) for surgically managed cases of CE for the 35 counties represented in this study.
To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to spatially evaluate human CE case distribution using a BYM model.